Luftwaffe Group of Documents-Photos-Flugbuch, & More

Luftwaffe Group of Documents-Photos-Flugbuch, & More - Extensive group of photos, award documents, ID’s, Flugbuchs, to Unteroffizier Jens Lorenzen, all professionally and neatly stored inside a binder, comprising: 79 original photos, various sizes, 1941-44 period, including pilot’s training, planes JU-52, JU-88, award ceremony, plane crashes, and general daily airman’s routine. Also, original award documents, comprising: Award document for pilot’s badge, dated 5. November 1941; Award document for flight instructor, dated 12 July 1943; Award document for Iron Cross 1st. Class, dated 25 July 1944; Award document for Squadron Clasp for Short-Range Night Fighter, dated 8.1.1945; Squadron Clasp for a bomber pilots, bronze grade, dated 26. May 1944. Also included are several ID’s comprising: NSFK Flightbook, dated 3.8.1938, with photo, and few entries; German Sports Booklet, with photo, also includes his award document for Bronze badge, full of entries; Pilot’s Licence, with photo, full of entries. Also his Flugbuchs, covering 1611 flights, from March 1941 until February 1945 !!; Flugbuch 1, (7. March 1941 - 13. September 1941), flights 1-542, on various planes, many combat missions; Flugbuch 2, (13. September 1941 – 8. July 1943), flights 543-1100, on various planes, many combat missions; Flugbuch 3, (8. July 1943 – 17. February 1945), flights 1101-1611, on various planes, many combat missions, including flights in Denmark, Northern Francs (as nightfighter pilot). Included in this group are approximately 10 various letters, ID’s. Documents, letters and photos showing usual use and age, wear, but generally in good to fine condition.

A certificate, measuring 205x145mm, near extremely fine condition with minor scuffing, folding creases, and two small tears along the vertical crease. It states that Captain Heinz Schröder of Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing) 102 is eligible to wear the mission number pendant 200 to the Front Flying Clasp in Gold. It is dated to February 13, 1945 and signed in blue crayon by Major and Wing Commander Karl-Heinz Schnell.

Footnote: Luftwaffe ace Karl-Heinz Schnell (1915–2013) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross and the German Cross in Gold. He was credited with 72 aerial victories and flew over 500 missions.

Two-sided, obverse depicts five V1 rockets diving on British factories, with one of the factories exploding and billowing smoke, inscribed "Shadow over England" below, reverse inscribed "V1 Information" inside a rectangular box, with quotes from three publications: 1. "The New York Times" : "The devastations in London and southern England surpass everything hitherto witnessed. The terrific air pressure causes whole blocks of buildings to collapse. The giant "Doodle Bugs" raze everything to the ground within a radius of a thousand feet."; 2. "The London correspondent of "Veeka Journal, Stockholm" : "There is a deep change of public sentiment in England and people are uttering their fears about the other German weapons that have already been announced." and 3. "Daily Herald" : "Flying bombs are reported to have already come down in Scotland. This shows that no part of Britain is any longer safe.", the leaflet coded "AI-090-8-44" in the lower right corner, printed in black ink on a newsprint stock, 215 mm x 277 mm, mint.

Footnote: Most of the German V1 propaganda leaflets dropped on Italy are from the "AI" series. This code indicates that the leaflets were used in Italy for Allied Troops during 1944-1945. The meaning of the "AI" is "Propaganda Abschnitts Offizer Italian". Most of the "AI" leaflets were printed in Berlin and shipped to the front, others were printed in Verona, Italy. This leaflet (AI-090-8-44) was fired against Allied troops near San Marino, Italy, as they broke through the "Gothic Line" in August 1944. It was disseminated by a small propaganda rocket.

Four postcards, measuring 140x90mm, all extremely fine or better than extremely fine. They show planes of the Luftwaffe on the ground, two of them Focke-Wulf Fw. 58 “Weihe”; those two cards have been left blank. The other two have been dated to Stade on February 27, 1937, and to Giessen on November 22, 1943, respectively. Both have been sent by different pilots in training.